AR Denarius; 2.96 g, 18 mm, 12h, Roma mint, CE 210
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O: laur bearded bust r P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT
R: Victory stg l holding wreath VICTORI-AE BRIT
This issue commemorates the Severan incursions north of the Antonine Wall in Britain into what is now Scotland, by Septimius Severus, and his sons Caracalla and Geta. It was during these incursions that Severus took ill and died at Eboracum (York) in CE 211, thus bringing the conflict to a quick end courtesy of Caracalla, who brought his brother Geta to a quick end just prior to the end of CE 211.
Geta from the Palazzo Massimo, September 2024
